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Congress Faces Deadline for Keeping Government Funded
The annual National Defense Authorization Act would increase America’s total national security budget for fiscal year 2023 to $857.9 billion. House lawmakers passed the NDAA b...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Football Alums Make General More Often than Other Officers—Why?
Woodruff highlighted that football players have “an even closer group that…[they’ve] struggled and bonded with,” adding that “those closer ties in a broader network do matter....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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US Military Braces for Impact of COVID Vaccine Mandate Repeal
Experts also raised questions about the precedent it would set to roll back a lawful military order after so many refused to follow it. “If I’m a commander, what concerns do I...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Rollback of COVID Vaccine Mandate Met with Furor at Pentagon
Katherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, said disciplinary problems can arise when rank-and-file troops see th...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Military Still Has No Good Way to Spot Extremist Recruits and Troops on Social Media
The military has struggled to address the problem, saying the numbers of extremists in the ranks are relatively small. Austin ordered an extremism working group in the months ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Why Has America’s Army Recruitment Plummeted?
The fallout from covid-19 is a big part of the problem. Lockdowns reduced eligibility by degrading academic performance and contributing to higher levels of obesity and mental...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Air Force’s Admin Software Is So Bad That the Top Enlisted Airman Is Trolling It
Kelly explained that the system was also meant to help the Air Force switch to a cloud-based evaluation system grounded in Airman Leadership Qualities, which lay out new perfo...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Military Veterans as Election Workers: Can They Rebuild Trust in Vote?
It is in part the esteem in which veterans are generally held that made their participation in the Jan. 6 attacks more shocking, says Katherine Kuzminski, director of the Mili...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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An Unusual Argument for Affirmative Action: National Security
And that could, in turn, further the recruitment and retention challenges that the military currently faces, said Katherine Kuzminski, the director of the Center for New Ameri...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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‘They’re Judge and They’re Jury’—How the Military’s Malpractice Claims Process Is Failing Troops and Families
While the success rate for medical malpractice lawsuits in civilian courts is low, it is still higher than the number of cases settled by the military branches, said Katherine...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Ashton Carter, Defense Chief Who Opened Combat Roles to Women, Dies at 68
Ashton B. Carter, a longtime adviser on nuclear and strategic policies who served as defense secretary in the last years of the Obama administration, overseeing the opening of...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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An End Strength Crisis Is Here for the Army
Expert Katherine Kuzminski, who leads the Military, Veterans & Society team at the Center for a New American Security think tank, is worried the strain on the force could ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Who Gets to Call Themselves a ‘Combat Veteran’?
Indeed, we live in an age when some vocal veterans are constantly arguing over who should be considered a combat veteran — or even veteran at all, said Katherine Kuzminski, di...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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‘The Army Gave a Hunting Permit to Radical Partisans’: What a General’s Bout with Fox Could Mean for Women
Donahoe's clash with Fox News, and the ensuing investigation, might make it even more difficult for leaders in the service to communicate online in the future, but in the shor...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Ended Fiscal Year Short Almost 20,000 Soldiers, Chief Says
Officials have insisted that this first-of-its-kind prep course offers young Americans an unprecedented opportunity to meet the Army’s standards, rather than lowering the bar ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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What’s Missing from the Conversation on Air Force Recruiting?
Today’s workforce is more transient than in decades past, and struggles with more student debt, the rising cost of living and a volatile housing market. And military families,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Officer Promotions Still Competitive, but No Decision on 5-Year Window
Last year, then-Air Force personnel boss Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly said data from the first round of promotions to lieutenant colonel under the new system suggested that promotions...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Mold Is Consuming Fort Stewart’s Barracks as a Pattern Emerges across the Army
Mold issues are nothing new to the service and frequently draw scrutiny from Congress and lengthy complaints from junior troops online, but it is rare that garrison leaders pu...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How the Military’s New Medical Screening Is Screwing over Army Recruiters
Kate Kuzminski, director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, said the military is holding the new generation of soldiers t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Biden sparks debate with Marine backdrop to combative address
President Biden sparked debate about his own adherence to political norms during his speech last week warning of GOP attacks on democracy, when the White House placed two Mari...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski